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Ronan Thomas rode the perfect waiting race on First Classs (USA) to crown a superb evening for himself and Qatari-based trainer Alban de Mieulle when winning the US $1m Al Mneefah Cup presented by The Ministry of Culture. Thomas had plenty of experience on the improving five-year-old Arabian, the pair having won the Qatar International Derby for four-year-olds in December, and was sure his mount ...
The team behind Deryan (FR) are hoping for more big race success with their seven-year-old, who had travelled like the winner of last year’s The Obaiya Arabian Classic presented by Lexus before tiring in the final 300m to finish fifth. Trained by Didier Guillemin in Mont de Marsan in the south-west of France, the following month Deryan and his regular partner Ioritz Mendizabal flew to Dubai for ...
From training a very small string of horses in the shadows of leafy Gowran Park racecourse in County Kilkenny, Tony Mullins has found himself in the desert environs of Riyadh where his stable star Princess Zoe (GER) contests the Longines Red Sea Turf Handicap. The Mullins family are a racing dynasty in Ireland with their roots firmly in jump racing, and while the initial expectation may have ...
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Racing at Jebel Ali on Saturday afternoon is highlighted by a pair of conditions races, both attracting proven Dubai World Cup Carnival or horses with aspirations to compete at Meydan’s international jamboree. Down on Da Bayou, winner of the 1900m Gr.3 UAE Oaks at Meydan in February 2020 by almost 19 lengths was successful for the first time since on her penultimate start in a 1600m conditions ...
Friday’s third meeting of the 2022 Dubai World Cup Carnival was highlighted by the 1600m turf feature, the Gr.2 Zabeel Mile, won in great style by Real World, Danny Tudhope taking the ride in place of an unwell Frankie Dettori for Saeed bin Suroor and a third winner on the evening for Godolphin. Always travelling well, the homebred Dark Angel 5yo entire quickened to lead about 300m out and soon ...
Racing at Al Ain on Saturday is highlighted by a 2000m conditions race for which ten have been declared, including Jugurtha De Monlau who has a lofty official rating of 105 suggesting he could be the one to beat. To be ridden by Fernando Jara, Yas Racing’s 6yo is trained by Jean-Claude Pecout and will be having just his fourth local outing having made his UAE debut on this weekend last year when ...
Mishriff is set to make his next appearance in the Gr.1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown after his return from the UAE, where he won the Dubai’s biggest prize on turf after winning the US$20 million Saudi Cup, the world’s richest horse race. proved himself the most versatile horse in training when he won the $20 million Saudi Cup in February on dirt and then the $5m Dubai Sheema Classic on turf ...
Gr.1 Arkansas Derby winner Charlatan has been retired from racing and will take up stud duty at Hill 'n' Dale's newly restored stallion complex in Kentucky. Bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, the imposing son of Eclipse champion Speightstown out of Breeders’ Cup Distaff placed Authenticity, he sold as the second-highest priced colt for his sire at the 2018 Keeneland September ...
Matt Laurie's exciting Gr.1 winning sprinter Portland Sky has recently returned to work for his 4YO season. The son of Deep Field has won four of his eight starts after dead-heating in the Oakleigh Plate, subsequently finishing second to Masked Crusader in the William Reid Stakes. The A$85,000 Perth yearling purchase, the colt has already banked his connections A$529,075 in prizemoney and the ...
State regulators in New York revoked the license of Thoroughbred trainer Linda Rice for her role in what officials say was a "corrupt" scheme to gain an edge with her horses by obtaining the names of entries in races before the cards became final. The New York State Gaming Commission also fined Rice $50,000 and said she cannot re-apply for a license for three years. The vote by the ...
Goodwood has restored the prize-funds of its three Gr.1 races to pre-coronavirus levels, with the £1 million Sussex Stakes once again the centrepiece of the Qatar Goodwood Festival in July. The Goodwood Cup will again be worth £500,000 and the Nassau Stakes will be run for £600,000, while more than £4.8m will be offered in total prize-money across the five days of the Glorious meeting. The news ...
